CONFERENCE 2018 Thursday 8 March 2018 Sheraton Grand Hotel Edinburgh
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CONFERENCE 2018
Thursday 8 March 2018 Sheraton Grand Hotel
Edinburgh
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Support for your
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Welcome to the Ambition & Growth Conference 2018
As Founder and Chief Executive of Investing Women, I
am delighted to welcome you to our 2018 Ambition and
Growth Conference.
There is a wealth of untapped talent in Scotland – both in
potential women angels and female entrepreneurs.
Investing Women is a rapidly growing community of women angel investors;
female entrepreneurs pursuing growth; and a range of professionals who are
equally driven to support both. We have already invested in 10 companies
and frequently assist female entrepreneurs, not only by increasing the
financial capital available, but by offering education and highly focused
mentoring support through a team of experienced and capable members.
The purpose of this conference is to bring together all those sharing our
common ambition.
This year we are excited to welcome our fabulous headline speakers, panel
guests, workshop presenters and judging panel, and have been
overwhelmed by their enthusiasm and support.
Our AccelerateHER live final will be amazing. The calibre of entrants and
their business potential is superb, entry numbers have doubled, and we have
6 Growth Award winners joining us in Dubai and California to access serious
market building and investment opportunities.
Of course, all this would not be possible without the generous support of our
partners.
Thank you to all involved, including you our participants, for making this day
a reality - ensuring an outstanding event and exhilarating experience for all.
We have a day of non-stop engagement…prepare to be challenged, excited
and inspired.
Jackie Waring, CEO, Investing Women
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Agenda
08:30 – 09:00 REGISTRATION, COFFEE, BANQUETING FOYER
NETWORKING, EXHIBITION
09:15 OPENING: Host, Nicky Marr & EDINBURGH 1
Jackie Waring, CEO, Investing Women
Lead Sponsors’ Welcome: Neil Norman,
Entrepreneurial Tax Partner, Chiene + Tait
09:30 – 09:50 HEADLINE SPEAKER
Professor Heather McGregor CBE, Executive Dean,
Edinburgh Business School, Heriot Watt University
10:00 – 10:50 EXPERT PANEL, INFORMATION WORKSHOP & 121 CLINICS
OPTION 1 Expert Panel: Incorporating Social EDINBURGH 1
Impact into your Growing Start-up;
a Conversation with 3 Ambitious
Female Social Entrepreneurs.
Josiah Lockhart, Chief Executive, Firstport, in
conversation with, Susan Aktemel, Director,
Homes for Good
Celia Hodson, Founder of the ambitious, scalable,
Hey Girls
Lisa Tennant, Entrepreneur and Firstport Board
Member
OPTION 2 Information Workshop: EDINBURGH 2
Demystifying Angel Investment
Alan Donald, Manager (East of Scotland), LINC Scotland
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Neil Norman, Entrepreneurial Tax Partner,
Chiene + Tait
OPTION 3 121 Clinics MELVILLE
Pre-booking required for 121 Clinics:
https://investing-women.appointedd.com/
11:00 COFFEE & EXHIBITION
11:30 – 12:20 EXPERT PANEL, INFORMATION WORKSHOP & 121 CLINICS
OPTION 1 Expert Panel Session: EDINBURGH 1
Why Be an Angel Investor?
Sanja Moll, Entrepreneur and Board Member,
Investing Women Angels
Kirsty Paton, Corporate and Entrepreneurial Tax
Supervisor, Chiene + Tait
Evelyn Simpson, Investor and Board Member,
Investing Women Angels
Sarah Turner, Founder and CEO, Angel Academe
OPTION 2 Information Workshop: Support for EDINBURGH 2
Ambitious Growth Businesses from
Scotland’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Overview of Scottish Entrepreneurial Support
Ecosystem: Stephanie Anderson, Project Manager,
Entrepreneurial & Ecosystem Development,
Entrepreneurial Growth Team, Scottish Enterprise.
Incubator – David Millar, Director, TechX
Accelerator – Caryn Gibson, Accelerator Manager,
Elevator Perth
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Co Working Space – Sam Hulls, Operations &
Communications Manager, The Melting Pot
Entrepreneurial Support Organisation –
Evelyn McDonald, CEO, Scottish EDGE
Entrepreneurial Networking Organisation –
Zoi Kantounatou, Co-Founder & Operations Director,
The Metta Network
OPTION 3 121 Clinics MELVILLE
Pre-booking required for 121 Clinics:
https://investing-women.appointedd.com/
12:30 – 13:20 LUNCH, EXHIBITION AND 121 CLINICS
13:30 AFTERNOON HEADLINE SPEAKER: EDINBURGH 1
Stories and Lessons in Diversity
and Growth
Mary Harper, Affluent Customer Director,
Aviva
13:50 – 14:35 AccelerateHER LIVE FINAL – PART 1 Live Elevator Pitching from 5 of our 9
AccelerateHER Finalists. Results announced live at
tonight’s Awards Dinner.
Cascade Water Products Carolyn Hogg
CogniHealth Pooja Jain
Craft Design House Gillian Scott
IntelliDigest Ifeyinwa Rita Kanu
Little Riot Joanna Montgomery
14:40 COMFORT BREAK
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15:00 – 15:50 EXPERT PANEL, INFORMATION WORKSHOP & 121 CLINICS
OPTION 1 Expert Panel: World Class Women EDINBURGH 1
in Science & Tech
Dr Poonam Malik, Director, Innovation & Impact -
Science & Technology, World Health Innovation Summit
Alison McLaughlin, Regional Director for Scotland &
Northern Ireland, Sopra Steria
Angela Scott, Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder,
TC BioPharm
Polly Van Alstyne, Chief Operating Officer, Scot Bio
OPTION 2 Information Workshop - How to EDINBURGH 2
Fund your Startup.
Incubators & Accelerators - Duncan Robertson,
Head of Communications & Marketing,
Entrepreneurial Spark
Grant Landscape – Mairi Dillon, Access to Funding
and Finance Manager, Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN)
What an Angel Looks For - Mary Jane Brouwers,
Formerly LINC Scotland
Case Study - Monika Tomecka, Executive Director,
uFraction8
OPTION 3 121 Clinics MELVILLE
Pre-booking required for 121 Clinics:
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16:00 – 16:35 AccelerateHER LIVE FINAL EDINBURGH 1
– PART 2 Live Elevator Pitching from 4 of our 9
AccelerateHER Finalists. Results announced
at tonight’s Awards Dinner.
MyWay Digital Health Deborah Wake
Sustainably Loral Quinn
Teqnox Carmen Cummiskey
uFraction8 Monika Tomecka
16:35 MINISTERIAL ADDRESS
Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health
and Sport
17:00 CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
Exhibition remains open.
18:30 AccelerateHER AWARDS DRINKS RECEPTION
19:15 AccelerateHER AWARDS DINNER (Close 22:30)
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speakers
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Mary Harper, Affluent Customer Director, Aviva
Mary fell in love with digital about 17 years ago
and, since then, has worked with 20 organisations,
spanning 10 different industries and 4 different
continents helping them become as customer-obsessed as
she is; and on how to use digital and data to compete, transform, innovate
and disrupt to drive sustainable competitive advantage. She’s passionate
about instilling customer ethos and start-up mentality in all organisations,
whether small or large, new or old. Take a look at Mary’s LinkedIn profile
if you want to know more about the range of brands and initiatives she’s
worked on.
Nicky Marr, Ambition & Growth 2018 Host
Nicky Marr, Ambition & Growth 2018 Host Nicky
Marr is a freelance writer, editor and event and
conference host, based between Inverness and
Edinburgh and working all over Scotland. She is a
regular contributor on BBC Radio Scotland and is in
demand for voiceover work across the UK. Nicky is also
a respected media and presentation skills trainer and is a
qualified coach.
Nicky writes and edits two magazines; Connect, the magazine for Highlands
and Islands Airports Ltd, and FlightLOG, Loganair’s in-flight magazine.
She also writes a weekly column for the SPP newspaper group, for titles
including The Inverness Courier, Ross-shire Journal and The Northern Scot.
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Professor Heather McGregor CBE, Executive Dean, Edinburgh
Business School, Heriot Watt University
Professor McGregor CBE, PhD (Hong Kong), MBA
(London Business School), BSc (Hons) (Newcastle-Upon-
Tyne) is a global business leader, academic, author and financial journalist
working in the area of leadership, employment and diversity. She has
extensive experience in the capital markets in both the UK and in Asia,
with specialisms in human resources, change management and in the global
utilisation of social networks. A respected financial journalist and author,
Professor McGregor is also known in the public arena for her weekly ‘Mrs
Moneypenny’ column in the Financial Times, regular pieces in The Times and
Management Today and appearances on TV and radio.
She was a co-founder of the 30% Club which campaigns to increase
the number of women on boards, and continues to serve on its steering
committee. A strong champion of diversity in the workplace, Professor
McGregor was awarded a CBE in June 2015 for services to business,
especially employment skills and diversity.
Professor McGregor’s wealth of experience in the workplace development of
business leaders and her global perspective is highly relevant in the drive to
support women angel investors and female entrepreneurs pursuing growth.
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Neil Norman, Entrepreneurial Tax Partner. Chiene + Tait
Neil specialises in working with clients on tax
planning and tax relief claims including Enterprise
Investment Schemes, Seed Enterprise Investment
Schemes, Share Schemes, Patent Box and Research &
Development Tax Credits.
Neil also works closely with new start up clients, university spin outs,
business accelerators, life science organisations, angel investor networks
and entrepreneurs to make sure they are fully up to speed with the latest
legislation set down by HMRC.
Jackie Waring, Founder and CEO, Investing Women
Jackie Waring is an entrepreneur, changing
the face of angel investing in Scotland. Founder
& CEO of Investing Women, she leads Scotland’s
only all-female business angel group. Jackie brings a
powerful mix of entrepreneurial spirit, senior UK policy
and economic development experience and a passion to
elevate women entrepreneurs. Working closely with the
Scottish Government, she plays a key role in helping shape
the eco-system; boosting Scotland’s female-led companies.
Founder of AccelerateHERTM, Jackie is building an international channel,
support networks and market building opportunities; accelerating Scotland’s
top female entrepreneurs. Strong international partnerships have already led
to the first AccelerateHERTM mission to Silicon Valley which this year extends
to also include Dubai & Abu Dhabi.
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In 1990, aged 25, Jackie was the youngest UK CEO in her sector. She
credits her entrepreneurial spirit, drive and resilience to the influence of top
entrepreneurs on her Board. Jackie has run three companies, led the Access
to Finance for Women Agenda for the UK government and was previously
the UK’s first Advisory Board Member to the Global Banking Alliance for
Women, Washington DC.
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expert panels
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expert panels
10:00 – 10:50 Incorporating Social Impact into your Growing Start-up; a Conversation with 3 Ambitious Female Social Entrepreneurs.
Our Experts
Susan Aktemel is Founding Director of Homes for Good (Scotland) CIC,
and Homes for Good Investments Ltd. She is also an experienced property
developer and has combined these skills with her commitment to social
change to create Scotland’s first social enterprise letting agency and social
landlord operating solely in the private rented sector. Prior to this she spent
18 years creating and growing Impact Arts, which is now a leading Scottish
arts charity. Since 2014 she has raised over £8.5million in social investment
for Homes for Good, which was named Social Enterprise of the Year 2016
in the Scottish Business and Social Enterprise Scotland Awards. Susan is
also a director Blochairn Housing Co-operative, and a Business Fellow at
Strathclyde University.
Celia Hodson, Founder of Hey Girls, has vast experience working in the
social enterprise sector with a career including roles as the CEO of School
for Social Entrepreneurs Australia, Founding CEO for Eastern Enterprise
Hub and School for Social Entrepreneurs East of England and Deputy CEO
of Social Enterprise UK. Celia’s experience spans government, non-profit,
private sector start up and scale and international and social enterprise
development. She is motivated by building businesses, driving change
and bringing commercial acumen and entrepreneurship to non-profit
organisations.
Josiah Lockhart is a serial social entrepreneur with over 10 years senior
management experience helping oversee organisations through intense
transition, start-up, and restructuring, including leading the development
at some of Scotland’s top performing social enterprises. Currently Chief
Executive at Firstport, Josiah leads a team that supports over 1100 new
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entrepreneurs a year to take their first steps towards setting up and
accelerating businesses with social impact at their core. Josiah also sits on
the Scottish Land Fund committee, a £10m fund that helps communities
acquire and manage community assets and businesses.
Lisa Tennant, Entrepreneur and Firstport Board Member. Lisa has over 20
years leadership experience across the public, private and voluntary sectors.
Lisa started and sold her own company, before setting up a management
consultancy. This led to a number of roles including CEO of a commercial
property company and leadership of one of the first community land buyouts
in Scotland. Lisa has been given a Vodafone World of Difference Award for
her work on community resilience and awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to
study in the USA. She has extensive experience as a Non-Executive Director
with roles on the Boards of Ombudsman Services, NHS Ayrshire and Arran,
The Ethical Property Company and the Scottish Land Fund.
11:30 – 12:20 Why Be an Angel Investor?
Our Experts
Edinburgh-based Sanja Moll co-founded Salt Yard Group in 2005. It now
comprises of five award-winning London restaurants: Salt Yard, Dehesa,
Opera Tavern, Ember Yard and Veneta, specialising in Spanish and Italian
food.
After a successful international career with JP Morgan Chase, specialising
in corporate finance for shipping companies, Evelyn Simpson trained as an
executive coach. She co-founded global executive training company, Thriving
Abroad and co-authored a book about her work. She continues to mentor
executives and entrepreneurs and is an active business angel investor.
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Kirsty Paton Entrepreneurial Tax Supervisor
Kirsty joined Chiene + Tait in 2014 as an Entrepreneurial Tax Trainee and
soon displayed a natural affinity for all entrepreneurial tax matters becoming
an integral member of the team. She provides advice on a number of areas
including Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS), Seed Enterprise Investment
Schemes (SEIS) tax reliefs, share schemes and company valuations.
Kirsty specialises in advising client on entrepreneurial tax reliefs in order to
maximise funding opportunities for startups and incentivising employees
through tax-advantaged share schemes, and structuring. Kirsty supports
tax-efficient investments for angel syndicates via the Chiene + Tait/ LINC EIS
Helpline. She is also a Board Adviser to Investing Women, the only female
angel investment syndicate in Scotland.
Sarah Turner is an entrepreneur, angel investor and technology strategist.
She founded Angel Academe to encourage more women to become angel
investors in early stage tech startups. She’s also Director of digital strategy
company Turner Hopkins and an NED for the Low Carbon Innovation Fund
and the UK Business Angels Association.
She’s spent her career working in digital technology in the UK, Europe, US
and Asia. Sarah works with start-ups and growth stage companies as advisor,
supporter and connector; and with larger organisations and multinationals
to develop their peripheral vision by identifying areas for innovation and the
best partners and processes to help them deliver it.
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15:00 – 15:50 World Class Women in Science & Tech
Our Experts
Dr Poonam Malik is Director, Innovation & Impact - Science & Technology
with the World Health Innovation Summit which supports community and
health care organisations. Dr Malik is an academic research management
leader with extensive experience of working in partnership development
within healthcare, industry and academic sectors internationally.
Her expertise and research interests are in infectious diseases, health, higher
education, knowledge exchange, commercialisation, strategy and leadership.
She is passionate about equality and diversity and the promotion of science,
technology and digital transformation in society and for women and young
people.
Alison McLaughlin, is the Regional Director for Scotland and Northern
Ireland at Sopra Steria. Having been with the company since its days as
Newell & Budge, Alison has been key to the company’s sustained growth in
Scotland – particularly in Public Sector.
Alison is passionate about the positive impact of technology - its potential
to enable doing new things, doing things better and doing things more
efficiently, and has over 20 years’ experience of public sector services across
Central Government, Local Government, Health and Third Sector.
Alison is a board member of ScotlandIS. She also sits on the Digital
Participation programme board for Scotland and the Scottish Government
Digital Advisory Board.
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Angela Scott is Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder, TC BioPharm.
Angela has 32 years in oncology research and regenerative medicine, was
part of the team that cloned ‘Dolly the Sheep’, and has designed, built
and commissioned several GMP manufacturing facilities. She manufactured
product for the UK’s ‘first-in-man’ stem cell trial (PISCES – ReNeuron), and
has held MHRA -MIA and -IMP licenses for several cell therapy products.
Polly Van Alstyne is Chief Operating Officer, Scot Bio, joining the company
in October 2016, with over 17 years of senior level operational experience,
with specialisation in strategic operations, scale up and globalisation.
Previously, Polly was a Director of London based Brainstorm Mobile
Solutions, a telecommunications software company with responsibility for
the overall operations at Brainstorm and managing the professional services,
technical support and service delivery aspects of the business. Polly received
her BS in international politics from Georgetown University and her MBA
from the University of Strathclyde. Polly has been advising Scottish Bioenergy
since inception.
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SCOTLAND. IT'S TIME TO INSPIRE.
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information workshops
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SCOTLAND. IT'S TIME TO INSPIRE.
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information workshops
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10:00 – 10:50 Demystifying Angel Investment
Interested in becoming a business angel investor but don’t know where
to start? Looking to source business angel investment but don’t know
who or the best way to ask? This workshop aims to demystify angel
investment in order to enable attendees to understand how angel
investment works and how to get involved.
Our Workshop Presenters
Alan Donald is Manager (East of Scotland) for LINC Scotland - the national
association for business angels in Scotland.
Alan worked for more than 20 years in Lloyds TSB, mainly in commercial
banking after being taken on as a Management Trainee. He was an early
supporter of Business Forum and got to know some of the members of the
start-up community before it became fully formed. Having had a fascination
with entrepreneurial activities, he jumped at the chance to join LINC
Scotland in 2012. His role includes encouraging more angel investment and
providing support to start-ups seeking this form of funding.
Neil Norman is Entrepreneurial Tax Partner, Chiene + Tait and specialises in
working with clients on tax planning and tax relief claims including Enterprise
Investment Schemes, Seed Enterprise Investment Schemes, Share Schemes,
Patent Box and Research & Development Tax Credits.
Neil also works closely with new start up clients, university spin outs,
business accelerators, life science organisations, angel investor networks
and entrepreneurs to make sure they are fully up to speed with the latest
legislation set down by HMRC.
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11:30 – 12:20 Support for Ambitious Growth Businesses from Scotland’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
This workshop will showcase the range of fantastic support available
in Scotland, detailing what is on offer from the entrepreneurial
ecosystem for ambitious, growing businesses. The session will offer an
opportunity for the audience to pose questions to an Ecosystem Panel
of representatives from incubators, accelerators, co-working spaces,
entrepreneurial support organisations and networking organisations.
Come along and find out how you can tap into this vibrant landscape of
support to accelerate the growth of your business.
Our Workshop Presenters
Stephanie Anderson is Project Manager for Entrepreneurial and Ecosystem
Development at Scottish Enterprise, supporting high growth entrepreneurs
to scale up from Scotland, connecting investors to high growth Scottish
companies and working with partners to enable Scotland to become a
world class entrepreneurial hub. Scottish Enterprise is Scotland’s economic
development agency for the central belt, south and east of Scotland who
provide a range of support for spin out, start up and scale up companies and
work with a range of partners in the public and private sectors to deliver a
significant, lasting effect on the Scottish economy.
David Millar is Director of TechX, a new venture builder, accelerator and
incubator developed by the Oil and Gas Technology Centre in Aberdeen.
Launched in December 2017, TechX will take ten start-ups through a four-
month accelerator Pioneer programme followed by a 12 month TechX+
incubator. It also offers a Market Entry programme for SMEs looking for
fast track access into oil and gas. The Pioneer programme provides game-
changing funding, with up to £100,000 available per company with no
equity take or pay back required. The Market Entry programme offers up to
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£500,000 funding for SMEs with nearly market ready technology again with
no equity take or payback required.
Caryn Gibson is manager for the Elevator Perth Accelerator which leads
a team of passionate and innovative creatives through a 12-week intensive
programme. Business support, collaboration and inspiration are at the heart
of this Accelerator and participants are immersed in the best business advice
and guidance, motivated by inspirational stories, guided by mentors and
engage in specialist training whilst surrounded by fellow creatives who share
their journey.
Sam Hulls is Operations and Communications Manager at The Melting Pot
Edinburgh. With a background in events coordination, government policy
and commercial law litigation, Sam moved from her hometown of Melbourne
to join the Melting Pot in 2014. The Melting Pot is Scotland’s Centre for
Social Innovation; a central Edinburgh resource base for people to meet,
learn, connect and share. Pioneering quality coworking since 2007 and
offering a programme of events, venue hire, and business incubation for
social enterprises, their services support those working to build sustainable,
empowered and resilient communities.
Evelyn McDonald is CEO of Scottish EDGE, the UK’s largest business
funding competition which is aimed at identifying Scotland’s innovative, early
stage, high growth potential entrepreneurial talent. Pitch training events are
available before entrepreneurs pitch live for grant and loan funding plus a
wider package of business growth support. Categories include Young EDGE,
Wild Card EDGE and the traditional Scottish EDGE. Alumni networking events
take place throughout the year to support the EDGE community in delivering
the EDGE Pledge to give back to other entrepreneurs. Funded by RBS, the
Scottish Government and the Hunter Foundation, Scottish EDGE has awarded
over £10 million to 293 businesses to date, generating £79.78 million in
additional turnover and creating 1214 new jobs.
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Zoi Kantounatou is the Co-Founder and Operations Director at FutureX,
who deliver some of the most talked about events and programmes in
Scotland’s entrepreneurial ecosystem including international learning journey,
the Start Up Summit, the Impact Summit, Scotland can Do Scale programme
and the Metta Network. FutureX are connected by a vision to live in a world
where every entrepreneur is driven by a purpose greater than profit, every
business a force for good and everyone has the opportunity to contribute
towards the uplifting of society, so that together we can build a better world
through business.
15:00 – 15:50 How to Fund your Startup
Through our experienced contributors, this workshop, led by the
Knowledge Transfer Network, shares information on incubators and
accelerators; the grant landscape; what a business angel looks for; and
features a case study from uFraction8’s Monika Tomecka.
Our Workshop Speakers
Mary Jane Brouwers has Board-level experience in high-growth
technology and life-science SMEs, both as Investor Director and Board
observer. She is a former non-executive director of LINC Scotland and
currently non executive director with GU Holdings Limited. She gained
extensive experience of early-stage businesses while working with Scottish
Investment Bank, Archangel Investors Limited and Bank of Scotland Growth
Equity, specialising in raising investment and portfolio management. Her
experience spans multi-sector, global, with American and British blue-chip
corporates, while working as a management accountant and completing
CIMA qualification.
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Mairi Dillon is a recent addition to the Access to Funding and Finance Team
at Knowledge Transfer Network, supporting early stage businesses to raise
finance and maximise their potential. Mairi has a broad base of core business
experience and was previously Head of Operations for a VC backed biotech
startup which developed an equine feed supplement. Consequently, she has
experience actively seeking early stage investment and first-hand insight
into the process. Mairi has an MA in English Literature and formerly worked
in development for Entrepreneurial Scotland and communications roles for
multi-million pound government construction joint ventures.
Duncan Robertson, having graduated from the University of Edinburgh
with a degree in Politics, Duncan’s career has seen him work within political
communications before moving on to strategy and corporate communications
within the investment and legal sectors. Whilst there he has advised
clients across the globe – including the majority of Magic Circle law firms
and a range of FTSE 100 companies on major change projects and macro
events. Duncan’s role is telling the Entrepreneurial Spark story in all markets
and building strong partnerships across ecosystems to ensure mindset
transformation is championed.
Monika Tomecka is Executive Director of uFraction8. Monika’s background
is in biomedical research and marketing.
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121 clinics
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121 clinics
121 Clinics
The following 121 Clinics will be available throughout the day, please refer to
programme. Pre booking required https://investing-women.appointedd.com/
Business Plans, Entrepreneur and Investor Tax Reliefs
Julia Reid, Kirsty Paton and Dave Philp of Chiene + Tait
Thinking of Becoming an Angel Investor but not sure where to start?
Kirsty Paton and Hazel Gough of Chiene and Tait
Investor Readiness
Yvonne McLaren-Robertson, SIB Advisor, Scottish Enterprise
Innovation Specialist
Thea Ni Lionnain, Innovation Advisor, Scottish Enterprise
Intellectual Assets Specialist
Catherine Potts, IP Advisor, Scottish Enterprise
121 with an Angel
Investing Women Member, Dr Poonam Malik
121 with an Angel
Investing Women Member, Sanja Moll
121 with an Angel
Investing Women Member, Ana Stewart
Funding and Finance Landscape
Knowledge Transfer Network (Innovate UK)
Supported by
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SPONSORED BY
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SPONSORED BY
AccelerateHER 2018 Awards Final
The 2018 AccelerateHER Awards, sponsored by Skyscanner, were open
to entrepreneurial women-led businesses based in Scotland, providing a
fantastic opportunity for growth aspiring businesswomen to showcase their
companies before an audience of angel investors, commercial advisers and
fellow entrepreneurs.
The nine finalists will present live
at this year’s Ambition and Growth
Conference with six winners securing
a place on an all-expenses paid trip
to Dubai in April or to California
in September. The winners will be
announced at the Awards Dinner
which follows the Conference. Dinner
speaker, leading entrepreneur, Jenny Campbell - one of the latest Dragons
on the hit BBC programme Dragons’ Den – will congratulate our winners.
In addition to the Growth category, six up and coming female entrepreneurs
will each be acknowledged for the Ambition category award on the evening.
Growth Competition Finalists Cascade Water Products Carolyn Hogg
CogniHealth Pooja Jain
Craft Design House Gillian Scott
IntelliDigest Ifeyinwa Rita Kanu
Little Riot Joanna Montgomery
MyWay Digital Health Deborah Wake
Sustainably Loral Quinn
Teqnox Carmen Cummiskey
uFraction8 Monika Tomecka
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Conference Exhibition & Investing Women Hub
Investing Women Conference Hub Investing Women is Scotland’s only all-female business angel group and a dynamic and growing community of women angel investors and entrepreneurs. We present regular investment opportunities for our members; as well as a series of events that will help prepare entrepreneurs
for their investment journey. Visit us to find out more.
Our conference hub will also be a drop in for entrepreneurs to meet and share what they do.
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